Adult-FanFiction.org : Television / Streaming

Undercover	By : IrenaAdler Category: M through R > NUMB3RS Views: 2309 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own NUMB3RS, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 19
- 20
- 21
Part 20 � Amy Asks Questions

Colby was halfway through the �Sports Illustrated� and Don
was tossing a wadded-up ball of paper into the air when the door opened to let
in Will�s youngest sister.� She was the
smallest sister as well, almost as short as her mother, but she fairly radiated
confidence and energy.�

Amy stopped two steps into the room and the light vanished
from her face.� She stared at Will, her
hands flying to her mouth.� After a
moment, she moved forward again.�� Don
slid his chair aside so she could stand next to the bed.

�I thought I had prepared myself,� she murmured.� �But I hadn�t.�

Tears spilled down her face as she gazed at Will.� �God, Will, you look a mess,� she said with a
soggy chuckle.� Then she turned, stumbled
across the room to Cindi, and collapsed in her arms.�

�Amy�s here,� Don said unnecessarily to Will to cover the
sound of Amy�s sobbing.� �That makes your
whole family except Jennifer, who isn�t coming.�
We�re all here too, except for Charlie and Nena.� Oh, and Monster.� Can you imagine what Monster would think of
this place?� We should sneak him in.� He�d be smelling everything and knocking pill
bottles under the bed.� Probably pulling
strings that keep important things attached, too.� �Don knew he was babbling, but he didn�t want
Will to hear Amy crying.

Amy finally stopped sobbing and accepted tissues from
Alan.� She blew her nose and wiped her
eyes.� �Sorry about that,� she said to
the room at large.� �I�m not usually one
for waterworks.�

�Oh, yeah?� Cindi teased.�
�I remember you would cry if an ant stubbed its toe.�

Sniffling, Amy protested, �I was never that bad.�

�Wanna bet?�� Cindi said.� �When Will wakes up, he�ll agree with me.�

Amy gave Cindi a watery smile.� Alan stood up and offered her his chair.� She took it, then Colby insisted that Alan
take his chair next to Will.� Colby went
and sat on the empty bed.� Guess we need a few more chairs.� Don was grateful that they�d put Will in a
double room.

Amy blew her nose again and took a deep breath then exhaled
noisily.�

�So,� she said, leaning forward and looking at Don.� �What happened?� Cindi told me that you were there.�

�It�s a long story,� Don said. ��But I think we can take a break from �The Top
25 College Sports Programs� for a while.�

�What?� Amy said in confusion and Colby waved the �Sports
Illustrated� with his finger marking a page.

�That�s right,� Don said to Min and Edward.� �I haven�t told you, either.�� Maybe
because you didn�t seem to care.�
Well, to be fair, Edward looked quite interested.� Don remembered how Cindi had once told Will
that, when Min wasn�t around, Edward would tell people about how proud he was
of his son who catches bad guys.

Don rubbed his cheek and began, �So, there was this new drug
that was killing people, called Cloud Ten.�
It was a designer drug, �created
locally out of legal chemicals.�� He
smiled at Amy.� �I can tell you more
about the chemistry of it, if you want to know.�
The scientific types always do.�

He continued, �The DEA�s best lead on this drug was a
couples retreat in the mountains.� The
DEA sent two pairs of agents in, but they both got �made� somehow.� The first pair got food poisoning and the
second had a hiking accident.� Sanchez �
Jan Sanchez is Will�s boss if you haven�t met her � thought the reason why the
agents were discovered was because they weren�t a �real� couple.� So she thought of Will and me.�

�Will was furious when Sanchez ignored his reservations and
got me a temporary transfer to the DEA.�
Will was worried that he couldn�t do a good job undercover if I was
there.�� He gave a bitter smile.� �Though in the end it didn�t matter, because
we did a good job, and still got caught.

�I went to Will�s office and took four days of intensive
training on how to recognize and deal with designer drugs.� Then we went to the retreat, established our
cover, and went to work.� We tracked down
the drugs to the house of the owners of the retreat, right nearby.�

Don ran his finger down Will�s arm, his smile distant.� �I enjoyed seeing Will at work.� He�s really good at what he does.� It was amazing to see him walk across a lawn
studded with motion detectors and not set off one.

�We broke into the house, went downstairs and found the lab,
almost wrapped up in a bow.� Then one of
the bad guys appeared from a hidden door and told us he was waiting for
us.� The DEA has a goddamned mole.��

Don clenched Will�s arm, remembering the moment of sickening
realization.� That everything they�d done
was in vain.� All their preparation,
care, everything.

�He shot Will?�� Amy
asked when the silence got too long.

�In the shoulder,� Don said.�
�It was his brother that shot Will in the head.� He had been hiding, too.�

�Why didn�t he shoot you?� Amy asked.

�Will took the first guy down, even after he shot him.� I was going for the gun when the second guy
appears and shot Will, who was right by his hiding place.�� I got the gun and � killed them both.�

�Oh,� Amy said, her eyes wide.� �I�m sorry.�

Don gave a harsh snort.�
�For once in my life, I�m not.��

Closing his eyes, he shook his head slowly.� �I was there as Will�s backup, a job that I
didn�t do that well at.�

�Apparently not,� said Min coolly.

Don�s eyes snapped open and he stared at her, his heart
pounding.� What the hell did she know
about anything?

�That�s unfair,� Alan said.�
�They were ambushed.�

Min shrugged.� That
smug look had returned to her face.� �I�ve
been expecting this day ever since Will insisted on joining the DEA.� With his EMT background he could have easily
gone into medical school and gotten a more � suitable job.�

Don made a strangled sound.��
Will was one of the DEA�s finest and the job suited him perfectly.� It was dangerous, demanding, and
nerve-wracking for his loved ones, but Will loved it.� It was like saying Don shouldn�t be in the
FBI, but somewhere safe and pointless.

�Will does what few can,� Alan said, his voice
strained.� �He might not be in the
medical field, but he saves lives just the same.�

�Only by throwing away his own,� Min said.

The words, as if you
ever cared, were on the tip of Don�s tongue when Colby loudly cleared his
throat.� �Shall we go back to the
article?� I think we were on school
number 12.�� He shielded his face with
the magazine from Min and mouthed to Don, �Ignore her.�

Don nodded, feeling like his neck would crack from the
effort.� Through gritted teeth, he said,
�Yes, please read more.�

Everyone but Min and Don turned to look at Colby and pretended
they were interested in the article.� Min
sat back, a small smile playing around her lips.� Don dug his fingers into the mattress, and
listened to Colby like Will�s life depended on it.
- 19
- 20
- 21
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Undercover